Location-Based Tasks

1. A computer-implemented method for associating tasks with a location, the method being performed by one or more processors and comprising: identifying a task; determining a completion location for where the task is to be completed by at least a first user; wherein determining the completion location includes determining a location where a prior task that is similar or identical to the task that is current was completed, and determining that location to be the completion location for the task that is current; monitoring a location of the first user; detecting that the first user is at or near the completion location; prompting the first user to perform the task when the user is at the completion location; wherein identifying the task includes automatically specifying the task in response to one or more events; and wherein automatically generating the task includes generating the task in response to a depletion event that is detected for a resource of a system of the user, and wherein the task specifies an activity to replenish the resource.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying the task includes receiving input from a user that specifies the task.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining the prior task that is similar or identical by: determining a category of the task that is current; and determining the prior task as also being of the category.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein determining a category of the task includes matching text in a description of the task against a predetermined pattern, wherein the predetermined pattern is characteristic of the category.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein determining a category of the task includes comparing a description of the task with a description of the prior task, the prior task being associated with the category.

6. The method of claim 3 , wherein determining a category of the task includes using a text classifier.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the text classifier is a Bayesian classifier.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the completion location includes identifying the prior task, and identifying the location where a user entered input that represented completion of the prior task as being the completion location of the task that is current.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein monitoring a location of the first user includes receiving Global Positioning System data from a device that accompanies the user.

10. A computer-implemented method for associating tasks with a location, the method being performed by one or more processors and comprising: identifying a task; determining a completion location for where the task is to be completed by at least a first user; wherein determining the completion location includes determining a location where a prior task that is similar or identical to the task that is current was completed, and determining that location to be the completion location for the task that is current; monitoring a location of the first user; detecting that the first user is at or near the completion location; prompting the first user to perform the task when the user is at the completion location; wherein identifying the task includes automatically specifying the task in response to one or more events; and wherein automatically generating the task includes generating the task in response to a failure event that is detected of a system of the user, and wherein the task specifies an activity to repair the system.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein identifying the task includes receiving input from a user that specifies the task.

12. The method of claim 10 , further comprising determining the prior task that is similar or identical by: determining a category of the task that is current; and determining the prior task as also being of the category.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein determining a category of the task includes matching text in a description of the task against a predetermined pattern, wherein the predetermined pattern is characteristic of the category.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein determining a category of the task includes comparing a description of the task with a description of the prior task, the prior task being associated with the category.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein determining a category of the task includes using a text classifier.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the text classifier is a Bayesian classifier.

17. The method of claim 10 , wherein determining the completion location includes identifying the prior task, and identifying the location where a user entered input that represented completion of the prior task as being the completion location of the task that is current.

18. The method of claim 10 , wherein monitoring a location of the first user includes receiving Global Positioning System data from a device that accompanies the user.